Wednesday 18th September 2024
Giving a boost to the aim of the Nepal Investment Summit between March 29-30, 2019, the House of Representatives endorsed the Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act (FITTA) on March 18, 2019.
The bill was drafted with the objective of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to fill up the investment gap and increase home-bound production. Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Matrika Prasad presented the bill in the Lower House.
With the endorsement of the bill, the government will now be able to accept or reject FDI within a week, unlike the prior 15-day time period.
As per the FITTA Act, the Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) can approve all projects with investments worth more than NPR 60 million.
The act is now open for Department of Industry’s (DoI) acceptance and assignment of projects having investment up to NPR 60 million.
In the meanwhile, the National Assembly (NA) of the Federal Parliament passed five different bills to fulfill Nepal’s policy needs.
The bills submitted by the House of Representatives to the National Assembly include:
Nepal Finance Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada tabled the first four bills in the meeting.
Besides, the NA also accepted an amendment to ‘State Public Service Commission (Base and Standard Fixation) Bill-2019’ suggested by the House of Representatives. Minister for Law Justice and Parliamentary Affair Bhanubhakta Dhakal presented the bill on behalf of PM KP Sharma Oli.
